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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Mulkey Engineers & Consultants Announces Three New Board Members

Three people have joined Mulkey Engineers & Consultants’ board of directors, including Loren Sokolow, Teresa Helmlinger Ratcliff and William G. Marley, Jr.

Loren Sokolow, CFO and treasurer of Los Angeles-based Psomas, an employee-owned civil engineering and surveying company, has more than 20 years experience as a financial and operations executive. Sokolow will advise and direct Mulkey financially with his consistent record of streamlining business operations and increasing profits.

Teresa Helmlinger Ratcliff, PhD, PE, assistant vice chancellor, extension and engagement for North Carolina State University, is responsible for directing all facets of business in the nation’s first university engineering extension service. As executive director of the Industrial Extension Service (IES) at NC State, she leads the effort to offer technical and technology management assistance to businesses and industries across the state of North Carolina. Mulkey will benefit from her knowledge of current and up-to-date software and technology. A graduate of North Carolina State University and Duke University, Ratcliff is the only North Carolinian and only woman to have served as president of the National Society of Professional Engineers. She currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors.

William (Bill) Marley, PE, PLS, has more than 42 years of civil engineering experience, specifically highway planning, design, construction, maintenance, and management. Most recently, Marley served as VP/area manager of Parsons Inc. in their Raleigh, NC office. Prior to that, Marley was the state highway administrator for the North Carolina Department of Transportation, where he retired from service after 31 years. Marley’s experience and knowledge will provide Mulkey with insight into transportation planning and design.

Mulkey Engineers & Consultants is a full-service engineering firm that employs 125-plus employees with offices in Raleigh, and Charlotte, NC; Newberry, SC; and Atlanta, GA. Services include land development, building structures, surveying, subsurface utility engineering, environmental, special inspections, transportation, and construction services. The firm serves both public and private clients including municipalities, state departments of transportation, colleges and universities, local and national architects and developers, commercial entities, and community organizations. To learn more, visitwww.mulkeyinc.com.